Sentences with phrase «weaknesses of»

Several perceptive laymen should be asked by the minister to listen with a keen ear and report on the strengths and weaknesses of a particular sermon.

The words of Tolstoy come to mind at this point: «Only he who knows his own weakness can be just to the weaknesses of others.»

One of the weaknesses of the «blogging» format is the result of the instant answer.

Wherever black people gather to talk about their struggle for justice, the ghost of Malcolm's presence is there, reminding us of the strengths and weaknesses of our past and present efforts.

The third strand is an economic meliorism represented by a careful listing of the strengths and weaknesses of market economics.

I'm not sure what it means to «serve Marx,» but if what you mean by that is «understand the inherent weaknesses of unfettered capitalism in economic terms and not be surprised when economies come violently crashing to a halt when capital and risk is valued too highly relative to labor and thus produces an unsustainable state of economic affairs,» then yes — in that case a Christian can certainly «serve Marx.»

However, Aquinas does not use the two profoundly different forms of God - language to investigate the strengths and weaknesses of each, to interrogate each other.

In the chapter on politics, she analyzes the weaknesses of political theologies that seek to make the inner life of the Trinity a paradigm for human communal life, pointing out that such approaches lead to bad theology and vague political recommendations.

This is not because I am unconcerned about the moral state of the parents but because I do not believe in depriving a child of the grace of God because of the spiritual weaknesses of its parents, or in using a child in an attempt to persuade its parents to live more virtuously.

It is one of the greatest weaknesses of our time that we lack the patience and faith to build up voluntary organizations for purposes which we value highly, and immediately ask the government to bring about by coercion (or with means raised by coercion) anything that appears as desirable to large numbers.

EDITOR: In other interviews, you have spoken about the strengths but also weaknesses of the development of liturgy in the last thirty years.

One of the weaknesses of any such religion of progress is the sacrifice of most generations to those generations whose lot will fall near the fulfillment of history.

To comment on our current situation, the failure to take sin seriously and with it the need for repentance is one of the major weaknesses of modern society and with it the modern church.

I find that people who usually speak the loudest against the weaknesses of the flesh often have issues in those areas.

However, if you want pointed criticisms into the weaknesses of Christianity and what others think of Christian religiosity, this blog is one of the best.

Arguments in philosophical theology, analogous to arguments in history, science, law, or mathematics, can be mutually reinforcing, the weaknesses of some being compensated for by the strength of others.

I find it disappointing that the author, while doing a fine job of pointing out the shortcomings and weaknesses of post modernism, offers as an alternative the flawed and rightfully declining faith - without - evidence world of organized religion.

His examination of the different types is meant to reveal the relative strengths and weaknesses of each.

Our second - place essay by Ben Woodfinden examined First Things editor R. R. Reno's argument that «the Judeo - Christian culture spurned today will become more appealing as the weaknesses of the secular project become apparent.»

Noting that «all along the international horizon flashes the lightning of coming storm,» the editors worried about the weaknesses of the nation's neutrality legislation and wondered whether its farmers and industrialists would be able to resist the moneymaking opportunities of wartime situation (November 11, 1936).

I would also offer the book as a resource to those undergoing instruction in the Catholic Faith, since it may be argued that one of the weaknesses of most RCIA programmes (let alone catechesis perse) is a failure to engage with the story of the Church.

The Judeo - Christian culture spurned today will become more appealing as the weaknesses of the secular project become apparent.

In the lead up to the Third Millennium, John Paul II asked that «the Church should becomemore fully conscious of the sinfulness of her children,» reminding the faithful that, however painful it may be, «acknowledging the weaknesses of the past is an act of honesty and courage which helps us to strengthen our faith, which alerts us to face today's temptations and challenges and prepares us to meet them.»

However, the strengths of one make up for the weaknesses of the other and, read together, they form a helpful introduction to a confusing field.

That's one of the weaknesses of this up - front form of platform preaching, where there's no real interaction.

The distinguished historian Gertrude Himmelfarb takes the last phrase as the title of her reflection on the current rash of «confessional» memoirs that confess not the sins and weaknesses of the authors but of relatives who burdened their lives.

This paper will weigh the strengths and weaknesses of the arguments presented in support of each conclusion.

/ / I also think that Darwinism needs to be taught as a theory and that children need to be taught about the strengths and weaknesses of the theory.

Sara, Should we teach children the stengths and weaknesses of the theory of gravity to?

there is a difference between stumbling due the inherent weaknesses of our flesh; and the conscious deliberate disobedience to God, i.e., practicing sin — that is deliberate and ongoing.

Now, as to the matter of teaching creationism in schools, I don't think it's a particularly good idea however, I also think that Darwinism needs to be taught as a theory and that children need to be taught about the strengths and weaknesses of the theory.

Scientists are quite aware of the weaknesses of the evidence supporting various theories, including evolution and the big bang.

As one might expect, however, if the reformers» arguments share the strengths that come from coherence with the modern view of the nature of moral and social agency, they also suffer from the weaknesses of these views.

You are quick to rip on the weaknesses of Christians, and yet you do not acknowledge your own bias, hate, etc..

For those of you who want a more detailed explanation of the various Bible translations, and the strengths and weaknesses of each, here are some charts and graphs.

However, in the spirit of the experiment, I urge readers to acknowledge the strengths and weaknesses of both their position and the opposing position.

He nourishes them by this word because he knows the limitations and weaknesses of his creation.

They are keenly aware of the weaknesses of the church as they have known it and they propose the experiment of churchless religion.

I wrote a small appreciation of the show Downton Abbey as using nostalgia astutely as a way of showing us the strengths and weaknesses of aristocracy.

Most assuredly; however, what's the difference between stumbling due to the inherent weaknesses of the flesh in a cursed world; and one who practices sin?

I find it one of the weaknesses of Christianity.

Many religious and political writers of the fifteenth century had been aware of the weaknesses of the medieval church and the society in which it was embedded.

The history of Italian unification» Italian fascism having more than a decade's existence as a special place in radicalism; the role of the papacy in severely constraining manifest forms of statist rule; the cultural tradition of Italian major cities, which had autonomous forms of city development; and the weaknesses of Italy with respect to economic concentrations of power in the early twentieth century» all argue against a muscular totalitarianism.

Uber built a better mousetrap by exploiting not just the weaknesses of the taxi industry, but also its strengths, by offering immediate procurement.

There are two big weaknesses of tactical prospecting:

He also discusses the potential weaknesses of using the Austrian system, saying that strictly speaking from an Austrian School, you don't get any help regarding the timing of when we would expect to happen, however, you can still use other theories to help with that aspect.

Blockchain technology can easily remedy the weaknesses of web - based social - finance apps, as the distributed apps that run on a blockchain («Dapps») provide immutability, security, privacy, and efficiency.

Treasury yields, credit ratings, and the weaknesses of the dollar for signs that default risk may be rising.

It has to do with the weaknesses of competing currencies.

Now that investors have been reminded of the structural weaknesses of a common currency - even outside of the discussion of high debt loads - persistently high spreads may be here to stay.